Where can I buy stainable primer for use on my kitchen countertops?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by orange swan at 4:09 PM on December 5, 2021 (1 comment)

I had a link to a great website but I lost it at some point. Reasonable search terms aren't unearthing it for me. It was simply a photo archive of packages, signs, and other objects with logos or emblems of some kind on them. I have no memory of the site's name.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by trevor_case at 3:25 PM on November 30, 2021 (3 comments)

Sacré bleu: French flag changes colour – but no one notices [Grauniad]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:05 AM on November 20, 2021 (16 comments)

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
posted to FanFare by BuddhaInABucket at 8:06 AM on November 14, 2021 (1 comment)

Silk Sonic Are Here to Save Us With Seventies Soul: Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s love letter to Seventies soul is more than just a retro good time [Rolling Stone Review]
posted to MetaFilter by ellieBOA at 7:57 AM on November 13, 2021 (9 comments)

Engracia Figueroa has died after a horrible experience with United Airlines. CW: death, bodily trauma.
posted to MetaFilter by Alensin at 3:04 PM on November 5, 2021 (47 comments)

La Campagne is a newsletter about the upcoming French presidential election by French economist Manu Saadia (best known for his book Trekonomics). He was fed up with the inaccuracies of English language coverage of French politics, and decided to remedy that. He started with the basics, explaining voting procedures and why it is that French politics are so dominated by the office of the presidency. He's also written about the legacy of French defeat in Algeria, Covid's effect on the campaign and the rise of far-right candidate Éric Zemmour. The newsletter will continue until the election and its immediate aftermath.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus at 4:08 AM on October 28, 2021 (18 comments)

Over the course of a week (and a 2 hour video), musician, guitar YouTuber, and weird instrument aficionado Rob Scallon builds a guitar from scratch with professional luthier Marshall Bruné.
posted to MetaFilter by redct at 10:15 PM on October 25, 2021 (4 comments)

I have been tasked with finding a few mailable party favors for our volunteer appreciation party. I will probably be assembly 75-100 of these. Help!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by assenav at 11:41 AM on October 22, 2021 (6 comments)

r/VintageObscura is a subreddit for crate diggers. Since Halloween 2014, u/kaptain_carbon has celebrated shocktober by compiling spooky obscurities and campy exotica submitted by fellow redditors into virtual HellPs, most of which are handily located in this youtube playlist. (Most recent reddit FPP). Consider putting one on before your next screaming of a Vincent Price film!
2014 ᄽὁȍ ̪ őὀᄿ 2015 (ᅇ) 2016 Side A, Side B (˼●̙̂ ̟ ̟̎ ̟ ̘●̂˻) 2017 (((༼•̫͡•༽))) 2018 ヘ(◕。◕ヘ) 2019 Side C ↜(͛ ꒪͒৫͏̈́꒪͒)͛⌰ 2020 Side A, Side B, Side C, Side D /╲/\ºo;88;oº/\╱\ 2021 Side A, Side B, Side C, Side D
posted to MetaFilter by Going To Maine at 6:03 PM on October 20, 2021 (3 comments)

My mother, late 80s, a retired sociologist, lives at home in New York City. She has pretty bad dementia. She knows who you are, but can't remember that she already asked you that five times today. So she's lost most of her friends. Are there people one can hire as regular companions to simply go on a walk in the park and carry on an interesting conversation with an elderly person in New York? Are there programs?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by musofire at 2:09 PM on October 10, 2021 (9 comments)

Hello, my wife was recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. We have heard good things about Chemothermia in Istanbul, Turkey. If you have had experience with this facility, either your self or a friend or relative, we would love to hear your take, good or bad. If you do not have first hand knowledge, please refrain from commenting. Thank you!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bobbyno at 6:35 PM on October 3, 2021

"Rightwing demagogues like Tucker Carlson incite against the homeless on a nightly basis, but mainline outlets also help stigmatize the unhoused, only with more subtlety." Political writer Adam Johnson shines a light on 5 tropes commonly used to dehumanize the unhoused in mainstream news (with receipts).
posted to MetaFilter by splitpeasoup at 2:17 PM on September 28, 2021 (23 comments)

Jana takes her measurements, then asks when our home was built. “Nineteen fifty-six. Is that an issue?” “Nope.”
posted to MetaFilter by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 6:41 PM on September 30, 2021 (42 comments)

Award-winning Cherokee writer, activist and journalist Rebecca Nagle [ᎪᎯᏂ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎨᎳ.] has focused the second season of her This Land podcast (previously, previouslier) on a Texas foster care case that is turning out to be something much more ominous: a far right federal trojan horse using Native children, and aiming for the wholesale dismantling of American Indian rights in the U.S.
posted to MetaFilter by progosk at 3:21 AM on September 20, 2021 (15 comments)

For the sixth year in a row, comedy writer Demi Adejuyigbe has released a video in honor of the 21st day of September. Previously
posted to MetaFilter by pxe2000 at 9:58 AM on September 21, 2021 (47 comments)

Originally postponed for renewal by the pandemic, garment brands and global unions have come to an agreement on workplace safety. The original accord grew out of a response to several factory fires in Bangladesh in 2010 where workers were killed due to unsafe working conditions. The deal has only been renewed for two years, and many major US brands, such as Walmart, the Gap, JC Penney, have refused to sign it. It has received scant attention in US mainstream media. H&M and Zara are among the major brands that have signed on to renew; however, campaigners are calling upon everyone to do more, to also protect workers wages.
posted to MetaFilter by toastyk at 7:32 AM on September 18, 2021 (12 comments)

something happened on that piazza and its various arteries in early August of 1944, which has haunted me from the moment I learned of it.
posted to MetaFilter by bq at 11:31 AM on September 2, 2021 (2 comments)

On Strong Songs Kirk Hamilton, “takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.” In this episode Kirk tackles Billy Joel's magnum opus, “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”
posted to MetaFilter by ob1quixote at 6:31 PM on September 2, 2021 (49 comments)

Vaccinated Democratic Counties Are Leading the Economic Recovery - "The 520 counties Biden won account for fully 71% of U.S. gross domestic product, while the 2,564 that Trump carried produced just 29%. In other words, America's economic engine is bluer than ever."
posted to MetaFilter by kliuless at 3:33 AM on August 30, 2021 (189 comments)

Over 100 episodes broadcast between 2006 and 2009, Bob Dylan hosted "Theme Time Radio Hour". After a hiatus of 12 years ("I mean, does anybody even still have a radio? Some folks might even be listening on a smart toaster."), a new episode emerged in 2020: Whiskey (playlist).
posted to MetaFilter by rongorongo at 1:30 AM on August 8, 2021 (13 comments)

I have been making a lot of progress on mitigating the chaos of my mind/house/life since being diagnosed and medicated for ADHD. However, since I lived all of my adolescence and much of my adult life in a panicked fog, I think I missed some crucial lessons about how to adult and I still feel like I am objectively bad at cleaning, in the sense that I am wasting more time/energy/emotional stress than most people in order to do certain tasks.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sparkling at 12:25 PM on July 30, 2021 (27 comments)

Tom Scott tried to film an Icelandic volcano and it was a complete disaster (Fagradalsfjall eruption previously). Tom Scott is no stranger to Iceland, having made a number of YouTube videos there, including when he went to check whether the northernmost part of Iceland was still above water, why you can't swim between two continents, and that submerging yourself in power plant wastewater is sometimes a good idea.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus at 1:51 PM on July 28, 2021 (10 comments)

The time a "stiff" caught fire.
posted to MetaFilter by blue shadows at 12:39 PM on July 27, 2021 (34 comments)

I am looking for resources (books, blog posts, communities, honestly whatever) on planning a life with a disability and coming to accept that that life will look different from what you thought growing up; overcoming internal ableism and accepting your limitations; shaping a life that accommodates your disability, in the workplace as well as at home. I am also interested in reading about how people live with chronic pain or fatigue and how they manage their perspective on it. Thank you!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by snerson at 4:18 PM on July 15, 2021 (3 comments)

To celebrate his 65th Birthday, actor Tom Hanks took a 60-minute turn on the Internet wheels of steel at lovely little oldies/classic rock web radio station Boss Radio 66 (“That Ichiban Sound!”).
posted to MetaFilter by Going To Maine at 4:36 PM on July 9, 2021 (7 comments)

Bloom County update: Opus is thrilled that masking has ended, but walks right into something.
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 9:15 PM on July 8, 2021 (77 comments)

"The best thing to come out of polyester suits and ruffled shirts, evah!"

...a Washington [DC] wedding band called Sixpence has become an overnight sensation. A grainy, black-and-white video of the cover band performing a note-perfect cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” has exploded on YouTube, racking up 340,000 views and garnering comments from around the world.

posted to MetaFilter by kirkaracha at 4:37 PM on June 27, 2021 (25 comments)

On The Move was a BBC series from the 1970s that set out to address adult illiteracy - sample episode. It was a sort of "Sesame Street for grown ups". With a notably catchy theme tune. Bob Hoskins, played, Alf - the removal man who was struggling to learn to read and write. The show attracted 17 million viewers a week - (way beyond the size of its target audience) and helped make Hoskins famous. It was also responsible for persuading 70,000 people to sign up for adult literacy programmes.
posted to MetaFilter by rongorongo at 1:59 AM on June 17, 2021 (23 comments)

I feel completely incapable of organizing my kitchen. How can I get a handle on this?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by stoneandstar at 12:12 AM on June 16, 2021 (21 comments)

The New Yankee Workshop site has 153 episodes of the show (with more to come) available for free viewing. Via.
posted to MetaFilter by Mitheral at 7:36 PM on June 15, 2021 (29 comments)

What are your favorite travelogues, books, stories, magazine articles, anthologies, blogs, whatever, about people having a bad time travelling? (Preferably with an emphasis on bad things of a more humorous nature rather than tragedies or disasters -- think "embarrassing cultural misunderstanding / crummy food / getting lost" rather than "plane crash" maybe?) Also, I prefer 'hapless' to 'smug' but I'll take whatever you got! I love travelling and since I haven't been able to do it lately, I want some stories of people being annoyed or flummoxed so I can be vicariously vexed. Thanks!!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by capnsue at 9:03 AM on June 15, 2021 (41 comments)

I am intrigued by this plate of a teen on the telephone from a scene from Hairspray. It looks like a Ponytail plate, but I'm no expert and can't find an example of it on etsy, eBay, or on pinterest. Can you?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by 41swans at 1:42 PM on June 13, 2021 (4 comments)

Remember how, in the 90s, it was cool to end a song by hitting the last chord and sustaining it until the guitar started feeding back? Yeah me too, but apparently not as specifically as I thought. Looking for examples.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kevinbelt at 8:21 AM on June 9, 2021 (27 comments)

Some people are resistant to local anaesthetic, meaning they must endure dental and medical procedures without such pain relief. And we’re only beginning to understand why.
posted to MetaFilter by aniola at 9:24 PM on June 3, 2021 (63 comments)

Seaweed Grows in Ireland (in Whetstone Magazine): Seaweed was once a highly prized resource. According to medieval Irish scholars, a rock that could produce a crop of seaweed had a value equivalent to two and a half cows... however today, “for most Irish people, seaweed rarely goes past being a momentary novelty.” Still, sleabhacán, a notoriously pungent traditional Irish health food made of boiled nori, is making a comeback.
Here are some seaweed varieties foraged on the west coast of Ireland.
posted to MetaFilter by spamandkimchi at 8:03 PM on June 2, 2021 (11 comments)

Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan!
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 9:50 AM on May 23, 2021 (28 comments)

A twitter thread by @hanalyst, who continues: “I leaned my head back to wet my hair in the shower and pulled a muscle in my neck.” @maureenchuck1 responds: “I threw my hip out dancing to Groove Is In The Heart and had to go to hospital”, while @JlhNeuro replies: “Raised my arm to reach for something and got frozen shoulder for two years” and @RenDan81 responds: “I burned the word Pyrex onto my arm trying to take the dish out of the oven.” There's more, including...
posted to MetaFilter by Wordshore at 1:39 AM on May 19, 2021 (239 comments)

The filing cabinet was critical to the information infrastructure of the 20th-century. Like most infrastructure, it was usually overlooked (Places Journal): "But if it appears to be banal and pervasive, it cannot be so easily ignored. The filing cabinet does not just store paper; it stores information; and because the modern world depends upon and is indeed defined by information, the filing cabinet must be recognized as critical to the expansion of modernity. In recent years scholars and critics have paid increasing attention to the filing systems used to store and retrieve information critical to government and capitalism, particularly information about people — case dossiers, identification photographs, credit reports, et al. But the focus on filing systems ignores the places where files are stored. Could capitalism, surveillance, and governance have developed in the 20th century without filing cabinets? Of course, but only if there had been another way to store and circulate paper efficiently. The filing cabinet was critical to the infrastructure of 20th-century nation states and financial systems; and, like most infrastructure, it is often overlooked or forgotten, and the labor associated with it minimized or ignored." via things magazine
posted to MetaFilter by not_the_water at 8:23 AM on May 16, 2021 (36 comments)

We now have menu engineers. How some restaurants design menu weight, fonts, item positioning, boxes, pictures, and language to encourage you to buy more food. (SLBBC)
posted to MetaFilter by doctornemo at 1:11 PM on May 10, 2021 (62 comments)

Inside a viral website: This is an account of running istheshipstillstuck.com. [Via Popbitch]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 11:24 AM on May 6, 2021 (20 comments)

Every spring, fish swim right through Utrecht, looking for a place to spawn and reproduce. Some swim all the way to Germany. There is a problem, however: they often have to wait a long time at the Weerdsluis lock on the west side of the inner city, as the lock rarely opens in spring. We have come up with a solution: the fish doorbell! An underwater camera has been set up at the lock, and the live feed is streamed to the homepage. If you see a fish, press the digital fish doorbell.

You too can help horny little fishies get to their make out spot by ringing the doorbell for them, as explained here. Bonus points if you live on the other side of the world, as the fish like to swim mostly at night.
posted to MetaFilter by MartinWisse at 4:56 AM on May 2, 2021 (48 comments)

The meme appeared a year ago, when Josh sent a Facebook group message to Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh.... and a lot more Joshes. Josh provided coordinates and a date. The purpose? To combat to see who gets to be Josh, with all losers having to change their name. The coordinates? Some place in Nebraska. The date? April 24, 2021. And now, after a year of anticipation, it's finally happened: The Josh Fight.
posted to MetaFilter by meese at 4:35 PM on April 24, 2021 (115 comments)

I've done a lot of physical therapy for dyssynergistic defecation/ obstructed defecation / pelvic floor dysfunction. PT has helped but I'm not fully recovered. Have any of you had a similar experience and found other things have helped?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by JSP13 at 11:00 AM on April 12, 2021 (1 comment)

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genetically modified corn. His administration sent an even stronger aftershock two weeks later, clarifying that the government would also phase out GM corn imports in three years and the ban would include not just corn for human consumption but yellow corn destined primarily for livestock. Under NAFTA, the United States has seen a 400% increase in corn exports to Mexico, the vast majority genetically modified yellow dent corn.
posted to MetaFilter by WalkerWestridge at 9:27 AM on March 28, 2021 (39 comments)

My daughter died 1/2/21 from an overdose of fentanyl and meth (source, death cert). The tox report was 7 pages and indicted that she tested positive for a dozen substances. I met with the coroner to ask for clarification, but retained little of her patient explanations and forgot most of my questions. (I still can't believe my daughter is gone. The meeting was as surreal as a Dali painting.) I'm hoping you all can minimize/eliminate the need for me to bother this poor woman again.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by she's not there at 6:02 AM on March 22, 2021 (15 comments)

9 to 5 parody She's answering comments on the video
posted to MetaFilter by Gorgik at 2:24 PM on March 19, 2021 (9 comments)

The Aqualung 50th Anniversary Special livestreamed a few hours ago (SLYT). Ian Anderson comments on the album and individual songs: "a social documentary, social realism, and touches on subjects of the everyday street scenario, people in a landscape."
posted to MetaFilter by jaruwaan at 5:24 PM on March 19, 2021 (14 comments)

Meet Henry, "an unexpected guest." Make that "an early, unexpected guest who was given a warm welcome and an even warmer send-off." Henry is a Marin County winter monarch butterfly.
posted to MetaFilter by Lexica at 12:27 PM on March 12, 2021 (7 comments)

Asking for a friend. They watched a YouTube video six years ago, then after two years, they started to think about it. They tried to find it for the last four years. They even searched movie kisses on YouTube and scrolled for hours. So many kissing scenes...too many...so please if you know the movie for the scene inside, help them.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Roger Dodger at 6:50 AM on March 12, 2021 (6 comments)